Albert Charles Beaudry, Ph.D.†
Inducted 1989
Hometown: Carmen, Manitoba, Canada
College: Marquette (Wis.) University, Pan American University
Best Known for: Athlete – Track
July 28, 1918-Feb. 2, 2002
Beaudry was an incredible Renaissance man as a record-setting athlete who became a long-time academic star at Pan American University as well one of the greatest senior athletes ever.
Beaudry was one of the rare athletes to win a national AAU title in both the pentathlon (1946) and decathlon (1945), joining Jim Thorpe in that distinction. Beaudry, born in 1918, was a five-time All-American competitor for Marquette University.
Later, he from the track to the classroom as a Ph.D. who led the Modern Languages program at Pan American for years. While doing so, he won over 500 first-place masters/seniors awards in track and field.
At the 1980 Senior Olympics in St. Louis, he ran an 11.87 100-yard dash in the 60-64 age group to pace the field and ran an amazing 55.9 quarter-mile in 1974, always keeping shape on the track he built at his Edinburg home.